Every year, organizations develop strategic plans to improve their performance. And every year, most of those plans fail. Click here for Bustin & Co.’s Top 10 Performance Hurdles list which …

Year-End Reflection As we navigate the year-end parties, shopping, travel and all the other hustle and bustle of the December holidays, we’ll eventually get around to remembering the reason for …

Year-end can be an opportune time for reflection. As you think back on the year that’s coming to a close, take an honest assessment of what worked and what didn’t. …

On a bitterly cold day 392 Novembers ago, the storm-battered Mayflower dropped anchor off Cape Cod. The winter of 1620 was devastating.  Extreme cold, snow and sleet interfered with workers …

Former University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal died at age 88 on November 7, 2012. He left a rich legacy and many essential leadership lessons. I grew up watching …

People crave leadership. Even when we disagree with a leader, their beliefs drive decisions that energize us.  We can choose to move toward their vision or away from it. Today …

Tomorrow is Halloween. Here are three scary questions about life that terrify a lot of successful people: 1.       For what am I searching that will give my life purpose and …

Today is my 30th wedding anniversary. I’m sharing an otherwise private celebration with you because I’ve found in my work with leaders that people can weather the turbulent seas of …

Knute Rockne’s 10 Coaching Commandments Knute Rockne is recognized by the College Football Hall of Fame as “without question, American football’s most renowned coach.” As Notre Dame’s head coach from …

How to Collaborate To get from Point A to Point B requires a plan and the commitment of your team. To achieve commitment, involve the leaders that will be held …

I work with a lot of winners. But even winners realize they can improve. In an executive coaching session last week with a CEO, the topic turned to accountability in …

Addressing the Elephant in the Room Every organization has problems that need fixing. Unfortunately, not every problem that needs fixing is acknowledged. Between now and year-end, leaders are presented with …

This day will forever be remembered as a time when lives everywhere changed. It’s the day in 2001 when four suicide attacks on America took the lives of nearly 3,000 …

The death last week of astronaut Neil Armstrong marked the remembrance of a bygone era. Armstrong, of course, was the first man to walk on the moon along with colleague …

Most people are hired or promoted largely because of who they used to be.  There’s a tendency to look back at past experience and accomplishments and then attempt to project …

We’ve been in Vail, Colorado, escaping the Texas heat. Last Friday, my daughter Jordan and I hiked to Booth Falls with our good friends Helen and Mike Spence. Janet stayed …

The 30th Olympiad opened 10 days ago, attracting nearly 11,000 athletes from 204 countries competing in about 300 events. Modern era games have come a long way from the ancient …

Training Camps: Comparing Football to Business Amid the splash of the Olympic Summer Games, football training camps have opened quietly across America. Whether the training camps are held at high …

My wife and I recently traveled to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, with our good friends Georgia and Tom Davis and two other couples. Several of us got massages while …

Recession Recovery As businesses emerge from the worst recession in 80 years, many leaders of small and mid-sized businesses find that they’ve been pulled into operations during recession recovery. Over …